Assault at S 76TH ST/W WEDGEWOOD DR on 03/05/2026 4:43 PM
Type: Assault
Date: 03/05/2026 4:43 PM
Description: Hostage Situation. Disclaimer: This report is from the Milwaukee calls for service. Information may be subject to change.
Address: S 76TH ST/W WEDGEWOOD DR, Milwaukee, WI
Case Number: P2603051039
Google Streetview Disclaimer: This is a Google Maps Street View of the approximate area where the crime occurred. It is not necessarily the exact address view of the crime.
Recent Crime News
SpotCrime Weekly Reads: Violent crime, automated license plate readers, prison data
Arrest rates, policing grant pulled, community policing, use of force, gun violence intervention program, violent crime, Charlotte's Web operation, public art to reduce firearm injury, shutting down automated license plate readers, AI answering se...
Area Missing Persons
Name
Jeffrey StenzMissing Age
58Est. Current Age
63Last Seen
Port Washington, WI on 05/31/2020Physical Description
Race: White Ethnicity: Caucasian Gender: Male Hair: Blond/Strawberry Eyes: Blue Height: 5' 9" Weight: 150 lbsCase Number
MP96807Area Cold Cases
Name
Ruthie BrownAge
Cause of Death
ShootingInfo
On saturday, 2/23/1997 in the early morning hours, ruthie ann brown left her residence as a passenger in her friend’s automobile to go the citgo gas station located at 19th and w. Hopkins st. To buy some food. While on the gas station lot, as her friend paid for items at the cashier counter, a suspect entered the driver’s side of the auto and drove off the lot holding ms. Brown at gunpoint inside the vehicle. Two hours later, the victim was found in the backseat of that same automobile, at the rear of 3043 n. 20th st., deceased from a gunshot wound to the head.Agency
MilwaukkeePD